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  Afghanistan athletes arrive for Tokyo Paralympics; to remain mostly out of sight

  August 29, 2021 14:03 IST

  Zakia Khudadadi and Hossain Rasouli are sequestered in the Paralympics Village and will not be available for media interviews during their stay — before or after they compete. 

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  Sports Minister Anurag Thakur launches Fit India Mobile App on National Sports Day

  August 29, 2021 13:55 IST

  Thakur said the app was a gift from the government to the people of India on the National Sports Day, which is celebrated to mark the birth anniversary of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand.

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  Paralympics: India beat Thailand to reach quarters in mixed team compound archery

  August 29, 2021 11:53 IST

  In the quarterfinals later in the day, India will take on Turkey, who got a bye into the last-eight stage.

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  Golf: Shubhankar Sharma has another solid finish in sight, lies 9th in Switzerland

  August 29, 2021 11:47 IST

  India's Shubhankar Sharma carded a three-under 67 in the third round to lie tied 9th at the Omega European Masters; earlier SSP Chawrasia missed the cut with 71-71.

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  Aditi Ashok sizzles with 64, moves to 7th in Sweden

  August 29, 2021 11:17 IST

  Among other Indians in the fray, Vani Kapoor (71-69) was Tied-18th, while Amandeep Drall (80-68) showed an improvement of 12 holes between the first and second rounds.

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  Bhavinaben Patel's family, friends celebrate historic silver in Paralympics with 'garba'

  August 29, 2021 11:03 IST

  The 34-year-old Patel's impressive run at the Games ended with a fighting 7-11 5-11 6-11 loss to Zhou, a two-time gold medallist, in the women's singles summit clash which lasted 19 minutes.

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  Archery: Jyoti Baliyan's campaign ends in defeat at Tokyo Paralympics

  August 29, 2021 10:50 IST

  Jyoti, who had qualified 15th with a score of 671, lost to Kerrie-Lousie -- who scored 657 in the ranking round -- 137-141 in the 15-arrow elimination round.

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  PM Modi congratulates Bhavinaben Patel on Tokyo Paralympics silver medal

  August 29, 2021 8:51 IST

  PM Narendra Modi said Bhavinaben Patel's historic feat will draw more youngsters towards sports.

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  Sports fraternity hails Bhavinaben Patel on claiming India's first Paralympic medal in Table Tennis

  August 29, 2021 8:32 IST

  Bhavinaben Patel bagged a silver medal in table tennis (class 4) after conceding a straight-game defeat to China's Ying Zhou.

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  Bhavinaben Patel bags historic silver; opens India's medal account at Tokyo Paralympics

  August 30, 2021 10:16 IST

  Bhavinaben Patel became the first Indian to win a medal in table tennis at the Paralympic Games.

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  Rugby India gets support from Odisha government, U18 team to compete at Asian Championships

  August 28, 2021 22:57 IST

  The national training and selection camp has already commenced at the KIIT University campus in Bhubaneswar from August 14 and will continue till September 16.

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  2 athletes from Afghanistan arrive in Tokyo to compete in 2020 Paralympics

  August 28, 2021 21:01 IST

  The two-person team of Zakia Khudadadi and Hossain Rasouli had flown from Kabul to Paris before continuing on to Tokyo, the IPC said.

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  Tokyo Paralympics: Indian javelin thrower Ranjeet Bhati misfires in all six attempts, out of final

  August 28, 2021 18:58 IST

  The 24-year-old from Faridabad had finished fourth at the Moroccan Grand Prix in 2019 and qualified for the Paralympics after winning gold medals in the state-level tournament in Gurugram

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  Food or no food, sleep or no sleep but table tennis at all times: Bhavina's mantra to Paralympics

  August 28, 2021 18:52 IST

  Diagnosed with polio when she was 12 months old, the 34-year-old is now scripting history at will, having become the first Indian to enter the final of a table tennis event in the showpiece.

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  We have become fearless since Tokyo Olympics: Gurjit Kaur

  August 28, 2021 14:45 IST

  Gurjit was one of the architects of the team's fine run to the semifinals in Tokyo and has been nominated for the FIH Women's Player of the Year Award 2020-21.

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  Your accomplishments inspired the entire nation: PM Modi congratulates Bhavina on historic feat

  August 28, 2021 13:11 IST

  Patel scripted history on Saturday when she stunned her world no. 3 Chinese opponent 3-2 to become the first Indian table tennis player to reach the Paralympics final.

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  Rakesh sails into pre-quarters, Shyam Sundar exits at Tokyo Paralympics

  August 28, 2021 11:56 IST

  In the last-16 round on Tuesday, the third seeded Kumar will face 14th seed Marian Marecak, a two-time 49-year-old Olympian from Slovakia.

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  3 more Indians in final of Asian youth boxing; country set for big medal haul

  August 28, 2021 10:42 IST

  Chongtham defeated Tajikistan's Akarali Abdurakhivonzoda 5-0 on Friday night to make the summit clash.

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  Bhavina Patel after reaching TT final at Paralympics: 'I don't consider myself as disabled'

  August 28, 2021 13:20 IST

  The 34-year-old from Gujarat stunned her world no. 3 Chinese opponent 7-11 11-7 11-4 9-11 11-8 in the semifinal showdown that lasted 34 minutes.

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  Table Tennis player Bhavinaben Patel scripts history, storms into Tokyo Paralympics final

  August 28, 2021 8:37 IST

  Patel stunned her world no. 3 Chinese opponent 7-11 11-7 11-4 9-11 11-8 in the semifinal showdown that lasted 34 minutes.

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  Rajnath Singh felicitates Defence Forces Olympians, renames ASI stadium after Neeraj Chopra

  August 27, 2021 19:20 IST

  Neeraj was presented with a replica of javelin. Rajnath asserted that his government would do everything to promote sports.

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  Sushil Kumar still the best wrestler in India: Bajrang Punia

  August 27, 2021 18:31 IST

  Punia acknowledged that probably he was not in the best of his form during the recent Tokyo Olympics bout as he had suffered an injury. However, he managed to secure bronze.

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  Bhavinaben Patel scripts history, becomes first Indian paddler to secure medal in Paralympics

  August 27, 2021 19:47 IST

  The 34-year-old Indian beat her Serbian opponent 11-5 11-6 11-7 in a quarterfinal match that lasted 18 minutes.

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  No time to grieve over Tokyo Olympics defeat: Vinesh Phogat

  August 27, 2021 15:06 IST

  When Vinesh was asked about her experience in Tokyo where she made a shock quarterfinal exit.

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  Rakesh finishes third, Chikara in top-10 in ranking round of Paralympics archery competition

  August 27, 2021 14:55 IST

  In the men's recurve open category, 2019 Asian Para Championship winner Vivek Chikara finished in top-10.

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  Powerlifter Sakina Khatun finishes fifth at Tokyo Paralympics

  August 27, 2021 12:22 IST

  China's Dandan Hu took home the gold with a best effort of 120kg, while Rehab Ahmed of Egypt, who also lifted 120kg, and Great Britain's Olivia Broome (107kg) took the silver and bronze respectively.

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  3 Indians enter finals of the Asian junior boxing in Dubai

  August 27, 2021 11:28 IST

  Tanu (52kg), Nikita Chand (60kg) and Vishu Rathee (48kg) were the ones to make the final, on Thursday.

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  Table Tennis: Bhavinaben storms into quarterfinals in Tokyo Paralympics

  August 27, 2021 9:00 IST

  Bhavinaben took 23 minutes to go past Brazil's Joyce de Oliviera in the class 4 round-of-16 match.